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Problem statement: You know those 14-page kids' maze books
that sell for $4.99 on the spinning wire racks of your local drugstore? And do you know how long it takes your budding puzzle genius to solve the entire book? About 14 minutes. That's $21.39 for an hour of entertainment. You'd be better off hiring a creative babysitter from your local university's childhood ed program.
The Solution: Or you can simply and entertainingly create your own mazes. Stop! Don't immediately cave to self doubt! Turn that "I can't" into an "I can!" Soon, you'll be a-MAZING! (author's note: you get that this is intentionally over glee club, right?)
Just follow these simple steps:
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I'll post a high-res version of the maze that heads this post at www.garthsundem.com. Oh, and if you're into this sorta brain candy, check out my new book, Brain Candy: Science, Puzzles, Paradoxes, Logic and Illogic to Nourish Your Neurons (Three Rivers Press, 2010). Despite the fact that my human operating system only marginally supports the antiquated application "pen", I illustrated the heck out of it with mazes, doodles, puzzles, and even–yes–a flipbook!
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